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Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
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(Untitled), 13 Jul 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/2/51
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Letter from Charles Hobhouse [Financial Secretary, Treasury] to WSC saying that he regrets that WSC is not satisfied with Hobhouse's proposal (accepted by Sir Evelyn Ruggles-Brise) and that he cannot place more than o5,500 at WSC's disposal in view of the discrepancy between estimates approved by the House of Commons and estimated revenue for the year; and the future discussion of the Budget and Finance Bill. See CHAR 12/4/33-35. Signed manuscript.
Dates:
13 Jul 1910
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(Untitled), 14 Oct 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/10/105-106
Scope and Contents
Draft telegram from WSC (Home Office) to Alexander Murray, Master of Elibank [Chief Liberal Whip] on his appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty. Subjects covered include: the introduction of naval estimates which he urges should be brought before the Cabinet in November; the fact that WSC has had to delay decisions and appointments at the Home Office as they should be made by his successor; the progress of Home Office Bills; and his proposal that he should move into Admiralty House after...
Dates:
14 Oct 1911
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From the File:
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(Untitled), 22 Nov 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/1/25
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Minute from WSC (Admiralty) to Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary], on a bundle of reports sent to him by Captain Vernon Kell of the War Office Secret Service [MO5 later MI5], showing that Britain was the subject of a minute and scientific study by the German military and naval authorities and that "no other nation in the world pays us such attention"; WSC asks Grey to show the reports to David Lloyd George [Chancellor of the Exchequer], concluding that Kell is "thoroughly trustworthy and...
Dates:
22 Nov 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
Open